Index or order sheet and pad



1,71s.7os

June 25, 1929.

B. ROSENTHAL INDEX R ORDER swam: AND PAD Filed May 10. 1926 T @MmwMw U w fi ufimm 9 J TI. KWOHOWWM MCT/ m m K N on 0 V pM m u nN H N H M DC 7 0 6mm fl WH Wm 0 2 m wm J m R D 7 0 .NA G a r n T n GmE mw o INVE/V TOR Patented June 25, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INDEX 03 ORDER SHEET AND PAD.

Application filed May 10,

The object of my invention is the provision of an article of use in the household, especially in the kitchen, athough, as will appear, it may be used in other connections.

It is, more specifiially, to provide a detachable index or order sheet put up in the form of a pad, and attached to the wall, whereby when the housewife finds that some necessary commodity lacking, she may note the fact on said sheet and when she next goes to do her shopping, detach said sheet whereon is noted which commodities she is in need of and thus do her ordering in accordance with the notations on said sheet. Furthermore, the object is to provide an improved means for noting the absence of said desired commodity whereby the housewife, without pausing in her duties to hunt for a pencil or pen may immediately note the absence of the desired commodity.

The object of this invention is further to provide an arrangement of said sheet whereby an advertisement may be conspicuously printed thereon so that said sheet will be distributed gratis by the advertiser to the housewife in order to advertise himself. Other objects will be brought out in the description.

These objects are attained by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of the sheet as attached to the pad, and

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of said pad.

Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the specification and drawing.

The sheet A is the top sheet of the pad P. All the sheets are attached as in an ordinary pad to a binder G, and backing C, said binder having a means D to attach the pad to the wall of the kitchen or the like. The sheet A, in the embodiment illustrated, is white, while the immediately following sheet B is, for instance, pink or red, as shown in Fig. 1 by vertical lines.

The difference in coloring of the sheet is an important part of my invention. The following sheets also similarly alternate in contrasting colors. All the sheets have a line of perforations 1 parallel to and adjacent the free edge 9.. Each sheet is provided with slits 3 which extend perpendicularly to the edge and as far as the perforated line 1. It is seen that two successive slits will form between them a strip 4: which will tear 1926. Serial N0. 108,080.

off along the perforated line. The sheet further provided with a list of names 5 extending parallel to and close to the PGT'fOT- ated line, each name being in line with one of the strips 4:. The sheet is further provided with an advertisement as 6 and other data as 7 may be provided in any convenient manner. Both sides of the sheet may be made alike. Each sheet, as A, has its free edge, as 2, extending slightly beyond the similar free edge, as 8, of the sheet directly following, as B, the result being a beveled edge of. the pad as shown in Fig. 2. The article described is used as follows. The sheets being hung on the wall, when the housewife notes the absence of the desired commodity, she tears off that strip which is opposite the desired article. In the drawing, for example, the need of both aspirin and. rouge has been noted, the strips opposite both having been torn away. Due to the extending of edge 2 beyond edge 8, the strip may be more easily grasped to be detached. The sheets are contrastingly colored so that the factof a particular strip being torn away will be conspicuously shown and immediately noted so that during the course of her duties if the housewife forgets or is in doubt as to whether she has noted the need of a certain article, a casual glance at the sheet will imn'iediately tell her. Were the sheets of the same color, it would be more difficult to see and require much closer attention to note that a certain strip has been torn away. In other words, the sheet underneath, by its contrasting color, aids to inform the housewife that a particular strip is or is not torn away.

While I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it may obviously be used in other connections and I do not wish to be restricted to the particular em bodiments shown and described. The names of the articles on the sheet may be any ones desired and the invention may be used in the same or an equivalent form in restaurants, hotel kitchens, retail' stores, and the like, obviously not being restricted for use in the household.

I claim:

1. An article comprising a plurality of the absence-of a tab denotes a factconcerning the corresponding name, said name remaining on the sheet, similarly facingsurfaces of adjacent sheet differing in visual characteristics.

2. An article comprising aplurality of sheets arranged in the form of a pad, each sheet varying in color from the adjacent sheets, a plurality of detachable tabs located at the edge of each sheet, an item associated with each tab, whereby the tearingoif of a tab denotes a certain fact regarding said item, the varying color of the sheets serving to show theabsence of a tab after removal.

3. An article comprisinga sheet provided with a plurality of detachable tabs at the edge thereof, a list of itemsinscribed on the sheet adjacent said tabs, each item being associated with a corresponding tab, whereby the absence of a tab denotes a certain fact regarding its corresponding item, a second sheetwith which'the first-named sheet is held in superimposed relation, said second sheet having a different colored surface than the first-named sheet, the varying colors of said sheets serving to show the absence of a tab after removal.

BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL. 

